Ridgefield Refuge Results

[Copperwood]

Hey everyone,  I'm just curious what picks you all received from ridgefield. I got a 7th pick. My dad got a 14th pick and two buddies got a 15th and 14th pick. All one pick and high. I'm wondering if it's just bad luck or they messed up the draw again.

[hitman2]

No mess up, got three draws ,son got three, and buddy got four

[fowl smacker]

I haven't hunted Ridgefield in probably 15 years.  What a joke!  Skybusters, guys yelling at their dogs that won't listen.  I'll take off refuge public hunting any day of the week before I ever set foot there again.

[goosegunner]

I got 2 draws both are #5 picks. My son only got 1 and its a #13 draw. All of our draws are in the late season to.

[curtdiesel]

I drew a #3 and a #12

[quackattack90]

Drew a #5,8, and 12.  My buddy didn't get a single pick.

[pianoman9701]

So, are these draws for the whole year? How does it work?

[goosegunner]

Yes Ridgefield does there draw for the whole year preseason. You can enter a max of 30 picks. Up until a couple years ago they broke it up into 3 different draw dates with a max of 10 picks each session.

[pianoman9701]

are there any field sites or are they all water? I'm without a dog, so...

[Duckgtr]

are there any field sites or are they all water? I'm without a dog, so...

If you got an open spot I can bring mine. I forgot to put in

[pianoman9701]

are there any field sites or are they all water? I'm without a dog, so...

If you got an open spot I can bring mine. I forgot to put in

I didn't know they drew before the season. The last time I hunted there was with another guy and we went around mid-morning to wait for spots to open up. That was 20 years ago. It seemed like a zoo.

[goosegunner]

 You can still do  that at 10am. they do a draw at 10am to refill blinds, then any time after 10 that you show up you can choose any open blind. You can also show up 1 3/4 hours before shoot time with all the reservation holders. Once all the reservation hunters are taken care of. They will do a standby draw just like they do at 10am to fill any blinds that are open.

 Also you can hunt Ridgefield without a dog. All the ponds are very wadable for the most part, There are only a couple spots that can be tricky. But a dog sure does make it easier.

[h2ofowlr]

The spoonie killing will commence in T-8 days.   

[pianoman9701]

You can still do  that at 10am. they do a draw at 10am to refill blinds, then any time after 10 that you show up you can choose any open blind. You can also show up 1 3/4 hours before shoot time with all the reservation holders. Once all the reservation hunters are taken care of. They will do a standby draw just like they do at 10am to fill any blinds that are open.

 Also you can hunt Ridgefield without a dog. All the ponds are very wadable for the most part, There are only a couple spots that can be tricky. But a dog sure does make it easier.

Same as it has been in the past then. Thanks!

[goosegunner]

The spoonie killing will commence in T-8 days.   

 Only if you want to. If you lay off the spoonies its possible to kill limits of all good birds. Between my son and I we kill over 100 birds a year down there and there will only be 3 or 4 spoonies in that total. I do like to kill a couple nice drakes in the late season.